IDC ranked or quickplay I hate this mode. Just let us pick what we want to play. No one likes Oddball. There is a reason it’s a dead game mode.
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having too many playlists would split the playerbase too much, having objectives tied together or (competitive playlist) with everything… (ranked) is just fine to do and they have always done this. dont like it? bye!
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Unpopular opinion; I actually enjoy oddball.
If it’s not for you fine. But don’t blatantly spew lies about how everyone dislikes it.
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I don’t think it’s unpopular, it’s a fun game mode. Is it my least favourite mode in HCS after Slayer? Yes. But I still enjoy it. Preferred when it was just one round though to a higher time limit.
Guardian Oddball is a GOAT gametype.
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I like Oddball. But you should be able to choose.
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“Split the player base”
Would you rather just lose the player base because they can’t play what they want and move on to other games?
Team Slayer has always been a staple Halo playlist. No one likes Oddball. There is a reason it’s a dead playlist.
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I think you misunderstood what I said. You said you dislike oddball, and want separate game modes for each gametype (CTF, Strongholds, Oddball, Slayer).
Assuming they will implement previous playlists that were popular, like Team snipers etc… you would have an abundance of playlists. I was only arguing the fact that Competitive (MLG/RANKED) playlist consisted of all game modes, which it has been this way for many iterations of halo.
They will be introducing Team Slayer i’m sure as a game mode they’ve always had that option.
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Lol what?
If a game mode is that bad that no one is playing it they shouldn’t shove the game mode down people’s throats.
Team Slayer has Always been a staple along with SWAT and Team Objective. Thats never split the playerbase. Why are we advocating for more restriction? Are you mad?
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Ah you mean ranked, yeah ranked as always been a toss up of obj and slayer.
That’s why since the dawn of Halo history, Objective modes and Slayer modes are SEPARATE.
It’s like the devs know that a core part of the audience wants to just shoot each other, while a smaller part of the audience wants to play objectives.
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yes im strictly talking about competitive (ranked) casual i understand should have more options.
Not in season 1.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
When does season 2 technically come out? We’re said to be in season 1 right now in this beta right? Do you have any link to where it says there won’t be slayer?
My opinion on the thread is that yea oddball isn’t my favorite. It’s sometimes fun, sometimes annoying when it shows up 15 times in a row it feels, but it’s not a dead game mode. People who love slayer are pretty much stuck with the randomness of what we got right now though. There’s part of me that wants to believe that we will definitely get slayer the 8th. How the hell would the TDM of halo just not be there? Insanity right? Could I be wrong though? I mean…343…they sometimes make pretty questionable decisions…
Don’t quit out of the game though. That just ruins the experience for everyone else and gets you banned eventually. Hold out for a slayer playlist or just try and hang with It man. We need 4v4s not 3v4s that turn into everyone quitting.
Who in the world said that Playlist changes won’t happen until season 2? The game is currently in beta and updating playlists would be easy as pie, assuming we’re stuck with this for 6 months is beyond dramatic.
For the sake of the beta, they wanted to run as many games, matched up as often as possible, funneling everyone into two or three distinct lobbies will accomplish that better than 5-7.
If this persists past retail launch then yeah, rage away, it’s a stupid design choice.
They honestly should just do what MCC does and have a match composer system so you can pick whatever modes you want to search for at least for social. Now the game I think would need to get some more modes (not much) added before justifying putting it in but they should at least split the modes up. I seriously just want to play slayer and I hardly ever get it.
Weird how every single Bungie Halo managed to succeed with segregated playlists. If Infinite can’t
do the same and manage to retain its free-to-play player base, there is something seriously wrong.
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I agree. It’s the most boring game mode. However, I do not have an opinion as to what to replace it with other than more slayer matches… I did like one bomb though from H2
On launch I’m expecting a million players online. Splitting the playerbase in infinite isnt as bad as splitting it in mcc, h5.
Shouldn’t be a problem if it’s free for all. But if it’s team oriented I foresee you taking a long break more sooner then later.
It is funny because I have two really good quests for oddball and can’t land a match …
I personally want to see a social search list just like MCC, that way everyone gets to play what they want as far as unranked goes